If you're feeling industrious...
Watermelon keg at the evite blog
Cute slippers by Heather Ross for Home Companion mag
Fabric flowers from Boutique NutMeg
Pebble mat at Curbly
Tiny felt pincushions at CraftStylish
Popup paper dollhouse rooms from Konica Minolta
Fabric-covered cabinet doors by Tres Chic Veronique
Child's kimono wrap by Habitual
Pyramid door stops at All It Took
Customizable vintage jar labels from HP
(Image from evite blog)
A quick little pencil cup I made this weekend to satisfy a crafty urge:
Wash out an empty soup can and measure the height and circumference. (If you don't have a tape measure, just use a strip of paper and mark off the measurements on it.) Cut out a rectangle of felt to those dimensions. Be precise so that the ends of the felt will butt up together but not overlap when wrapped around the can.
Cut shapes into your felt; then cut coordinating fabric patches that will peek through your holes. Stick the scraps to the back side of your felt. (The felt should be fuzzy enough to hold them there temporarily.) Spray some adhesive onto your can and wrap it with the felt piece, taking care to match your seam nicely in the back. Fill with pencils. All done.
Tutorials from around the web:
Shoulder bag with piping from U-handbag
Animal cutouts decorating idea seen at design*sponge
Reversible notebook cover from Kirin Notebook
Decoupaged wall letters from Craft Apple
Post-it origami flowers from Peace of Paper
Felt barrettes at Angry Chicken
Here are some quick little magnets you can whip up. Cut out bits of felt into shapes you like (I did them freehand—I think it gives them more personality than drawing on them first and making them too perfect) and then glue the layers on top of each other with craft glue. Make sure the bottom leaf layer is big enough underneath for your magnet to sit fully on it. Stick the magnet on with hot glue.
Made some stockings for us out of felt and fleece. Click here to download the free stocking pattern I used from McCall's. (I ignored their directions and did my own thing.)
